💥 Teachers are dramatic. Admin emails are unhinged. And yes — Dave gave Ted Power of Attorney.

Welcome to Episode 21 of the Non-Professional Development Podcast, where New Year energy meets unfiltered chaos.

This week, the whole crew is back and somehow still recovering from Spamalot. We argue over who’s more dramatic (teachers or students), reflect on heartwarming classroom moments that reignited our spark post-break, and then completely lose it during a Try Not to Laugh challenge involving real, ridiculous administrator/parent requests.

Plus: Dave makes a legally questionable Monopoly decision, Ted gets nostalgic about fluoride rinse, and we recap the Top 5 Ted’s Time Machine moments of 2025, based on the reactions of Dave and Mark (aka Producer Goose) when they were first discussed in previous episodes.

🎧 What to Expect:

– Ted and Dave go to Spamalot… and immediately regret it

– Who’s more dramatic: teachers or students? (Spoiler: Yes)

– Dave’s Monopoly meltdown = Ted becomes Power of Attorney??

– Reflective moments & real talk about classroom joy after break

– Ted’s Time Machine: Top 5 throwbacks of 2025

– The Try Not to Laugh challenge: holding water in our mouths while reading absurd parent/administrator emails (we failed. hard.)

🙌 Why Tune In?

Because this is the only education podcast where you’ll hear about wild peacocks as mascots, legal power transfers due to board games, and teachers gagging while reading real emails aloud. Equal parts chaos and catharsis, this episode is our love letter to teacher resilience — and our ongoing descent into madness.

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